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Priority [message #208485]

Mon, 17 July 2006 00:34

Goztow
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I'm very annoyed that I need to manually set the priority for my clan's servers each time it restarts. While it's only 10 seconds of work, it requires me to be online a lot if I want the priority to stay correctly at real time.

Is there a solution to get this automated? Did I read something about a BHS FDS release that did this? I didn't find it on their (unupdated) website.

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Re: Priority [message #208496 is a reply to message #208485]

Mon, 17 July 2006 03:26

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--> Renegadeserver.exe -h Wink

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Priority of RenegadeServer.exe on start up [message #208498 is a reply to message #208485]

Mon, 17 July 2006 03:46

rafkid
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Thanks for the reply - I am working with Goz on this. This helped. Unfortunately it wont allow a priority above 3 which is "normal" - it implies it would - you get the option after renegadeserver.exe -h to put in the value "5" which is what we want, but it then errors with "invalid priority" - any suggestions would be warmly appreciated.

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Re: Priority [message #208499 is a reply to message #208485]

Mon, 17 July 2006 04:11

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This also won't help when the server crashes and reboots itself or if we do !restart from irc.

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Re: Priority [message #208507 is a reply to message #208485]

Mon, 17 July 2006 06:04

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Well, when you are starting it from the startmenu use a batch file to load it with the Real Time priority if you want.

From the command line;

start/realtime C:\Westwood\RenegadeFDS\Server\RenegadeServer.exe

will run it in realtime priority Thumbs Up

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Re: Priority [message #221894 is a reply to message #208507]

Sun, 24 September 2006 12:57

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Dan u slapper - I did not expect you to be replying here? It's good you did though - thanks I appreciate it. This does not work BTW, the server fires up alright as you would expect but it's priority is still set to normal and not real time. Has anyone any ideas about this? I used to know this stuff twelve years ago, when I was used to firing stuff up via a DOS config file whose name escapes me for the moment - did it begin with a B?.

We are using Win2K Pro as the server OS - because it was available and legal is why.

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Re: Priority [message #221914 is a reply to message #208507]

Sun, 24 September 2006 13:55

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danpaul88 wrote on Mon, 17 July 2006 08:04

Well, when you are starting it from the startmenu use a batch file to load it with the Real Time priority if you want.

From the command line;

start/realtime C:\Westwood\RenegadeFDS\Server\RenegadeServer.exe

will run it in realtime priority Thumbs Up

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that loads RenegadeServer.exe in real time, but no server.dat Razz

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Re: Priority [message #221917 is a reply to message #221914]

Sun, 24 September 2006 14:05

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Nightma12 wrote on Sun, 24 September 2006 21:55

danpaul88 wrote on Mon, 17 July 2006 08:04

Well, when you are starting it from the startmenu use a batch file to load it with the Real Time priority if you want.

From the command line;

start/realtime C:\Westwood\RenegadeFDS\Server\RenegadeServer.exe

will run it in realtime priority Thumbs Up

Thumbs Up

that loads RenegadeServer.exe in real time, but no server.dat Razz

Razz

good point ^^ I always thought windows was clever enough to launch child processes with the same priority as their parent processes unless otherwise specified... stupid assumption I know Razz

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going back to the problem in hand, you could create a batch file using this tool -> http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/processutil/processutil .htm - to set the priority 2 seconds after the server is loaded, but it still won't be able to handle when the server reboots itself.

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Re: Priority [message #221922 is a reply to message #208485]

Sun, 24 September 2006 14:27

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Then make a batch file just starting server.dat and looping?

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Re: Priority [message #221927 is a reply to message #208485]

Sun, 24 September 2006 15:17

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I don't think you can start server.dat directly can you?

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Re: Priority [message #221928 is a reply to message #208485]

Sun, 24 September 2006 15:18

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rename it to server.exe, i think that works?

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Re: Priority [message #221929 is a reply to message #208485]

Sun, 24 September 2006 15:20

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damn, that was a secret Razz

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[Updated on: Sun, 24 September 2006 15:26]

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Re: Priority [message #222012 is a reply to message #208485]

Mon, 25 September 2006 00:04

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or just use
start server.dat
Works fine Smile

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Re: Priority [message #222209 is a reply to message #208485]

Mon, 25 September 2006 15:44

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lol, dat files are so fake. also this is the first question iv seen Goztow make, i have been waiting for this day lol.

im sure you could edit scripts.dll so it does it automaticly.

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Re: Priority [message #222382 is a reply to message #222209]

Tue, 26 September 2006 00:30

Goztow
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help-linux wrote on Tue, 26 September 2006 00:44

lol, dat files are so fake. also this is the first question iv seen Goztow make, i have been waiting for this day lol.

im sure you could edit scripts.dll so it does it automaticly.

The question is old and tbh: noone gave me a satisfying answer. It's a first step to have a batch file but when I start it, I can do it manually as well. It's in case of a !restart that the priority should be set automatically.

I wonder if it's possible in scripts.dll ... Anyone can tell me?

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Re: Priority [message #222403 is a reply to message #208485]

Tue, 26 September 2006 04:50

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im not too sure about this because i have only looked for a bout 2 minits in google but this is what i found.

BOOL SetPriorityClass(HANDLE hApp, DWORD priority);


REALTIME_PRIORITY_CLASS 
HIGH_PRIORITY_CLASS 
ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS
NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS 
BELOW_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS

these are the definitions for "DWORD priority"

hope this helps Wink

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Re: Priority [message #222720 is a reply to message #208485]

Wed, 27 September 2006 06:33

StealthEye
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That would mean you need something like

SetPriorityClass(GetCurrentProcess(), REALTIME_PRIORITY_CLASS));

to set the current process priority, excecuted somewhere when the dll loads (so in the dllmain).

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Re: Priority [message #222722 is a reply to message #222720]

Wed, 27 September 2006 06:46

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After some fooling around I got this file and I think it works Razz

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Attachment: server.bat
(Size: 0.10KB, Downloaded 68 times)

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Re: Priority [message #222753 is a reply to message #222722]

Wed, 27 September 2006 09:05

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EvilWhiteDragon wrote on Wed, 27 September 2006 14:46

After some fooling around I got this file and I think it works Razz

Razz

If your using this you probably have to turn auto-restart off it could end up with 2 or more copies of the server fds running...

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Re: Priority [message #222793 is a reply to message #222753]

Wed, 27 September 2006 11:05

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Not really, although I forgot to mention that you should only start this file, not the renegadeserver.exe file, as that isnt necetary. Only for auto updates, but I dont really explect that to happen anytime soon Wink

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Re: Priority [message #223029 is a reply to message #208485]

Thu, 28 September 2006 00:18

Goztow
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Works like a charm, problem solved. Thanks!

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